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VS 16, 134 (P372988)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 134 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372988 |
| Museum no. | VAT 06538 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | a-di# a-[al-la-kam a-na] | as long as I live |
| 2' | _gu4 hi-a u3 sza3-gu4-mesz_ la te-eg-gi | Do not abandon the oxen and the cows! |
| 3' | sza-am-mi sza _ma2-u2_ | the sea of the boat |
| 4' | _u4_-mi-sza-am isz-ka-ar-szu-nu | the day he orders them |
| 5' | hi-it,-i | |
| 6' | u3 _gi-kid-mah_ | and reed bundles |
| 7' | lu# ep-szu-ma | should be done, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na mu-uh-hi _munus-usz-bar_ | on top of a weavers |
| 2 | lu sza-ak-nu | should be placed. |
| 3 | 1(disz) _gi-LA-IB-GESZ_ ra-aq-qu2 | 1 reed-bed, raqqu, |
| 4 | _{gi}ig_ ba-ab# _munus-usz-bar_ | a door, door bolt of a woman |
| 5 | lu sza-ki-in | be established. |
| 6 | nu-ba-tum lu tu-ku-la-at | “May the nubātu-demon be suckling! |
| 7 | {disz}ku-ru-su | Kurusu |
| 8 | u3 _dam-a-ni_ isz-ka-ar-sza | and his wife he married her |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] it-ta-al-ku | ... went |
| 2 | [...] asz-tap-ra-kum | ... I sent to you. |
Sources & licences
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